On a day trip from Heraklion to the traditional mountain village of Achlada, located approx. 25 km west, I discovered how luxury and the protection of the environment can go beautifully hand in hand by a visit to the Mourtzanakis Residence. Eco tourism has come a long way from being rather basic and more associated [...]
This exceptional nature park, located in the province of La Coruna in Galicia, is a European destination which can, rightly, be considered an insider tip. People who think of visiting Galicia tend to flock to Santiago de Compostela, maybe pay a visit to Cap Finisterre or look at the Tower of Hercules in La Coruna. [...]
I’m now contributing to the lastminute.com blog three times a month, you can read my posts here. I met Eva Keogan, lastminute.com’s social media expert, at the Travel Blog Camp in London organised by Darren Cronian in November 2009. At the Good Stuff Gathering event in Manchester on 18 February 2010, I met some of [...]
I’m looking for tips on the best Leeds attractions for my visit to the city in April 2010. I want to spend some time exploring Leeds, as I only visited briefly a few years ago. My accommodation host is the Leeds Hilton located in the city centre, close to the railway station. Clarence Dock Leeds [...]
I met up with Alexandra Korey of arttrav.com when I was in Florence in November 2009. Arttrav is an online magazine with the motto: italy. art. travel. lifestye. Arttrav.com is a member of Top Travel Content Europe, the other European travel blog which I edit. Alexandra is a professor of art history who has lived [...]
If you love travel in Europe, follow me @karenbryan on Twitter. You’ll find links to the latest posts from two travel blogs which I edit, Europe a la Carte and Top Travel Content Europe. I’ll be retweeting links to other great travel sites/blogs and engaging with travel writers/bloggers from around the globe. You can share [...]
I arranged to meet up with blogger Susie Stubbs (AKA @travelsavecbaba on Twitter) author of Travels with my Baby for lunch at the Cup in the Northern Quarter of Manchester during the Summer 09 UK Blogging Tour. It was while I was waiting for Suzy that I met Manchester poet Carol Batton, also a fan [...]
Europe a la Carte took to the skies visiting five cities and towns across England, Northern Ireland and Wales between 22 July – 1 August 2009. The Europe a la Carte UK Summer 09 Blogging Tour was powered by bmibaby, who provided my flights from Edinburgh to Birmingham, Newquay, Manchester, Belfast and Cardiff. I asked [...]
I was asked if I’d like to be one of the travel bloggers to partner with Gekko.com, which provides personalised hotel and restaurant recommendations. The partnership entails sharing hotel and restaurant reviews published on the Europe a la Carte Blog with Gekko. I agreed to the partnership as I see the future for independent travel [...]
Europe a la Carte is in 6th position in the Cision Top 10 UK Travel Blogs. Cision provides media intelligence and employed a mix of site traffic, search and social measurements to compile the list of what it describes as the most read, most discussed and most influential UK travel blogs. Here is the top [...]
